Senate roll call 116 · 72nd Congress · May 23, 1932
To amend H.R. 10236, by providing a tax of one-tenth cent per pound on certain aluminum salts and compounds and 20% ad valoreum on all others not specially prov
On May 23, 1932, the Senate voted 21–43 (HR 10236). Result: failed. By party: Republicans 7–30, Democrats 15–15, Others 1–0. It was a split vote: the parties took opposite sides, with some members crossing over. 22 members voted against their own party.
During the 72nd Congress (1931–1932), Herbert Hoover was president, and Democrats held majorities in both the House and Senate.
- Yes
- 21
- No
- 43
- Did not vote
- 35
- Date
- May 23, 1932
By party
- Democrats15 yes · 15 no · 22 didn’t vote
- Republicans7 yes · 30 no · 13 didn’t vote
- Others1 yes · 0 no
Who broke with their party
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ voted no
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ voted no
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA voted yes
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA voted no
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA voted no
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA voted no
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA voted no
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS voted no
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT voted no
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC voted no
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND voted yes
- George William Norris R-NE voted yes
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM voted yes
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY voted no
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY voted no
- Peter Norbeck R-SD voted yes
- Morris Sheppard D-TX voted no
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA voted no
- John James Blaine R-WI voted yes
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI voted yes
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV voted no
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY voted no
How each senator voted: Yes
- Hattie Wyatt Caraway D-AR
- Joseph Taylor Robinson D-AR
- Park Trammell D-FL
- John Sanford Cohen D-GA
- Smith Wildman Brookhart R-IA
- George Mcgill D-KS
- Alben William Barkley D-KY
- Marvel Mills Logan D-KY
- Millard Evelyn Tydings D-MD
- Henrik Shipstead O-MN
- Hubert Durrett Stephens D-MS
- Gerald Prentice Nye R-ND
- George William Norris R-NE
- Bronson Murray Cutting R-NM
- Robert Johns Bulkley D-OH
- Ellison DuRant Smith D-SC
- Peter Norbeck R-SD
- William John Bulow D-SD
- Cordell Hull D-TN
- Thomas Terry (Tom) Connally D-TX
- William Henry King D-UT
- John James Blaine R-WI
- Robert Marion La Follette Jr. R-WI
How each senator voted: No
- Carl Trumbull Hayden D-AZ
- Henry Fountain Ashurst D-AZ
- Hiram Warren Johnson R-CA
- Samuel Morgan Shortridge R-CA
- Frederic Collin Walcott R-CT
- Lester Jesse Dickinson R-IA
- John Thomas R-ID
- Arthur Raymond Robinson R-IN
- James Eli Watson R-IN
- Arthur Capper R-KS
- Edwin Sidney Broussard D-LA
- Huey Pierce Long D-LA
- David Ignatius Walsh D-MA
- Marcus Allen Coolidge D-MA
- Phillips Lee Goldsborough R-MD
- Frederick Hale R-ME
- Wallace Humphrey White Jr. R-ME
- Arthur Hendrick Vandenberg R-MI
- James Couzens R-MI
- Thomas David Schall R-MN
- Byron Patton (Pat) Harrison D-MS
- Thomas James Walsh D-MT
- Josiah William Bailey D-NC
- Lynn Joseph Frazier R-ND
- Robert Beecher Howell R-NE
- George Higgins Moses R-NH
- Henry Wilder Keyes R-NH
- Hamilton Fish Kean R-NJ
- William Warren Barbour R-NJ
- Tasker Lowndes Oddie R-NV
- Robert Ferdinand Wagner D-NY
- Royal Samuel Copeland D-NY
- Simeon Davison Fess R-OH
- Charles Linza Mcnary R-OR
- Frederick Steiwer R-OR
- David Aiken Reed R-PA
- James John Davis R-PA
- Felix Hébert R-RI
- Morris Sheppard D-TX
- Reed Smoot R-UT
- Clarence Cleveland Dill D-WA
- Wesley Livsey Jones R-WA
- Matthew Mansfield Neely D-WV
- John Benjamin Kendrick D-WY
- Robert Davis Carey R-WY
Did not vote
- Hugo Lafayette Black D-AL
- John Hollis Bankhead II D-AL
- Thaddeus Horatius Caraway D-AR
- Charles Winfield Waterman R-CO
- Edward Prentiss Costigan D-CO
- Karl Cortlandt Schuyler R-CO
- Hiram Bingham R-CT
- Daniel Oren Hastings R-DE
- John Gillis Townsend Jr. R-DE
- Duncan Upshaw Fletcher D-FL
- Richard Brevard Russell Jr. D-GA
- Walter Franklin George D-GA
- William Julius Harris D-GA
- William Edgar Borah R-ID
- James Hamilton Lewis D-IL
- Otis Ferguson Glenn R-IL
- Harry Bartow Hawes D-MO
- Joel Bennett Clark D-MO
- Roscoe Conkling Patterson R-MO
- Burton Kendall Wheeler D-MT
- Cameron A. Morrison D-NC
- Robert Rice Reynolds D-NC
- Sam Gilbert Bratton D-NM
- Key Pittman D-NV
- John William Elmer Thomas D-OK
- Thomas Pryor Gore D-OK
- Jesse Houghton Metcalf R-RI
- James Francis Byrnes D-SC
- Kenneth Douglas Mckellar D-TN
- Carter Glass D-VA
- Claude Augustus Swanson D-VA
- Porter Hinman Dale R-VT
- Warren Robinson Austin R-VT
- Elijah Sherman Grammer R-WA
- Henry Drury Hatfield R-WV
Other votes
From Voteview roll call records.
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